Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-03-19

A LAND AND IMPROVEMENT Co.
The South offers better advantages
for business and enterprise than the
overcrowded West. It's lands, i'm
provements and facilities are solid and
permanent foundations to build upon,
while there is much air and specula-
ton in Western "booms." It is the
duty ofour people to form some solid
organization,-no "wild scheme,"-
but sensible business arrangement,
with capital and confidence enough
to insure northern enterprise well
come and hearty cooperation to To-
cate here. The best plan for the pur-
pose would be Land and Improve
uient Company, to buy, lay out, build
and establish. by reasonable induce
ments TO turn the tide of emigration
Southwark. Some of our leading men
are considering this plan.
We can say this much, that for some
time efforts have been made to estab-
fish daily paper, and that after look
ing over the field some northern gen.
tleman with means, experience and
social and business standing has made
arrangements for plant that will give
this valley live daily representative.
This in connection with an Improve
ment Company should work to the
advantage of the town and those in
terested.
From The Sbepherdstoan Register.l
1t is said that the extra session of
the Legislature will cost $4,000
Another effect of having twelve SUI
premely patriotic Pharisees in the
Legislature.
Or So" old stagers'' who would stick
to the devil if he could carry corrupt
party against an honest people.
In Piedmont, March 9, Mrs. Mary
Lambright, relict of the late William
Lambright, formerly of Shepherds
town, aged about 68 years.
In Berkeley County. February "a,
1887, Mrs. Sallie F., wife of Mr.. John
w. Brown, aged "a years.
Mr.. Elisha Snyder, of Snyder's
Mills, this county. died on Wednes-
day morning. aged IA years, 9months
and days.
Capt. r. HI. Holland, a prominent
citizen Of Salem, Va, and trustee of
Roanoke College, died suddenly on
Tuesday. He is the father of Rev.
G.. W. Holland, Phi. D., president of
Newberry College, S. c., and Rev. r.
9. Holland, of Martinsburg, w. Va.
An ola man stole a horse belonging
to DR.. A. S. Lippitt of Berryville last
Thursday. The horse was hitched
while the owner was attendinga sale,
and the thief rode off in the presence
of number of people. A telephone
message was sent to ShepherdstownI
describing the occurrence, and Ser
geant VIM. l.. Arthur went to Mary
land after a man who had passed |
this place, but he was the |
wrong fellow. The thief has not yet |
been caught.
MARROW EsCAPEs.-One evening
last week the building on the farm OF
Mr.. George Licklider made narrow
escape from destruction by fire. Just |
at dusk Mr.. William Link, who farms |
the place, noticed that stack of fod-
der few feet from the barn was on |
fire, and that there was imminent |
danger ola destructive confagration. |
He at once went to work to put it out,
and with the help of some neighbors
who had seen the blaze succeeded in |
scattering the fodder and putting out
the fire. The wind was blowing the |
blaze away from the barn and other
buildings, or we should have had a |
big fire to chronicle. Mr.. Link can
not imagine how the fire was started.
Mr.. George X. Lewis and his fami-
ly came near being cremated last Sat-
urday night. During the day pan
of hot ashes had been placed on the
back porch, and no one thought to |
remove it. About midnight two
young colored men passing that way
saw that there was very lively fire |
in progress. They aroused Mr.. Lewis, !
who Joined them in fighting the
flames, which they succeeded in con-
quering in ten or fifteen minutes. A
hole was burnt in the porch and the
fire was rapidly spreading, and few
minutes more would have given
enough Roadway to cause serious re-
suits. AS it was the damage was
slight, and the fire company was not
called out.
GRAPE VINES FOR SALE.-The under
signed offers some very finely rooted